At this moment, Jiang Xuan stared at Nangong Xin Wan, who was standing in front of him with a long spear, looking like she was ready to unleash an epic assault. He quickly raised both hands in surrender.
“Wait a second, Heaven Piercing Martial Saint senior, maybe you should tone it down a bit? This battle is completely pointless.”
“Pointless? Far from it! If you can defeat me, I’ll hand over the Martial Saint inheritance to you.”
“Uh? What if I can’t beat you?”
“If you can’t beat me? Then you can become a ghost under this spear.”
Jiang Xuan: “????”
“Actually… Senior, you might not know this, but my blade craves bl**d the moment it’s drawn.
But since you’re currently in the body of my dear little Xin Wan… I… I can’t bring myself to strike you down…
You, a venerable powerhouse, wouldn’t want to win without a fair fight, right? So how about this…”
Before Jiang Xuan could finish, he was cut off.
“Alright, I see you’re quite the romantic. Since you’re afraid of hurting her and don’t want to fight me, let’s find another way for you to prove you’re the strongest.”
“Another way?”
“Yes, I’ll let everyone in the secret realm know that the inheritance has been snatched by you. I’ll even give them your location. This way, everyone will come to fight for the inheritance, and I’ll get to see just how strong you really are.”
Jiang Xuan: “????”
Hearing the new plan from the Heaven Piercing Martial Saint, Jiang Xuan quickly intervened:
“Uh… Senior, I’m just a low-key kind of guy, there’s no need for all this fanfare.
Since you want to spar, as a good youth who respects his elders, I’ll agree.
But just to be clear, it’s only a spar…”
“No, no, no! I think sparring has lost its charm now. Let’s go with the new plan, haha! You’ll have to defeat every powerhouse in the secret realm to prove you’re the strongest.
Then, I’ll let go of your companion and will also overlook your disdain for the Martial Saint inheritance.
With the strength you showed earlier, taking down all the strong warriors in the secret realm shouldn’t be too hard, right?”
Jiang Xuan: “……”
In this desperate situation, Jiang Xuan’s thoughts zoomed into the system space, and he urgently spoke to the system:
“System, hurry and lend me a hand! Show me your upgraded powers!”
“Ding! To the host, this system is merely a support system. How about trying your luck with some points for a draw?”
“Sure, then give me some points, I want to do a ten-time draw.”
“Ding! Host, you previously defeated one Martial Master and three Martial Ancestors, earning a total of 160 points. Killing a Martial Master grants you 100 points, Martial Ancestors give 20 points, and Martial Emperors give 10 points.”
Jiang Xuan: “????”
“Wait, you earn points for defeating strong opponents? Why didn’t you tell me this feature before?”
“Ding! Previously, since the host only had the cultivation level of a Martial Warrior, and needed to defeat someone at least a Martial Emperor to earn points, this system determined that the host couldn’t gain points through this feature. So I didn’t mention it earlier.”
Jiang Xuan: “……”
Jiang Xuan intended to give the system a good talking-to, but considering the dire circumstance, he decisively told the system:
“System, let’s do a ten-time draw!”
“Ding! Consuming 100 points for a ten-time draw.”
“Ding! The host’s ten-time draw has triggered the guarantee— you will definitely get at least one item from the points shop.”
“Ding! Ten-time draw completed.”
“Come on, I can do better!”
“Come on, I can do better!”
…
“Great Recovery Pill *1 (valued at 150 points).”
Jiang Xuan: “??????”
Seeing what he got from the ten-time draw, Jiang Xuan immediately shouted:
“System, isn’t your lottery a bit too rigged!?
Getting one out of ten is one thing, but you give me this kind of useless stuff?
I want an experience card! You know what that is, right? I’d even accept a three-second experience card!
What’s the point of giving me a Great Recovery Pill? I already have a whole bottle of it in my storage ring!”
“Ding! To the host, the probability issue isn’t something this system can control.”
“What do you mean? Are you blaming my luck?”
“No, host, your luck is actually quite good. You earned a high-value item worth 150 points for just 100 points.”
Jiang Xuan: “?????”
This little compliment from the system made Jiang Xuan feel like his intelligence was insulted. And since he had only 60 points remaining and didn’t hit the guaranteed draw, he decided against drawing again for now.
“Oh well, System, just quickly scan and feed me the information on this Martial Saint’s remnant spirit.”
As soon as Jiang Xuan finished speaking, the system promptly provided feedback.
Name: Mo Han
Current cultivation: Peak Ninth Stage of Martial Saint (Remnant Spirit State)
Background: Direct disciple of the Taixuan Sect a thousand years ago.
Current affection level towards the host: -6666
Friendly reminder from the system: Current affection level is very low; host should be on guard at all times. Increasing affection level is beneficial for the host’s safety.
After seeing the information provided by the system, Jiang Xuan’s gaze fell on the background section.
At this moment, Jiang Xuan’s inner thoughts were:
“Taixuan Sect? Wait a minute, wasn’t Xiyao saying I’m the reincarnation of her master, the sect leader? Is this flooding the Dragon King Temple with water?
But that doesn’t make sense; I did take off my mask earlier, so this Martial Saint should have seen my true face.
Or did she only perceive my words but not my appearance?”
With a preliminary judgment in mind, Jiang Xuan slowly spoke in his original voice:
“Mo Han, after all these years, your personality hasn’t changed a bit.”
Hearing this, Nangong Xin Wan was momentarily stunned.
“This voice is… you… who are you? How do you know this saint’s true name?”
“Who am I…? Shouldn’t you know very well by now?”
As Jiang Xuan spoke, he slowly removed his mask.
Once Mo Han saw Jiang Xuan’s true face, her eyes slightly widened.
“This… how is this possible… I clearly sensed your appearance was very abstract under that mask…
Why… why do you look exactly like that person…”
“Your senses couldn’t penetrate my previous disguise; that’s normal. After all, your cultivation level when you were alive didn’t even reach Martial Emperor.”
As Jiang Xuan said this, he secretly rejoiced,
“It seems the system was right— the makeup water effect is indeed undetectable by Martial Emperors!”
On the surface, Jiang Xuan kept an unconcerned demeanor and continued:
“It’s been so many years, and you don’t even recognize me anymore? What a coincidence! Not long ago, I had a chat with Xiyao; I didn’t expect to run into you here.”
Meanwhile, as Jiang Xuan finished speaking, Mo Han suddenly broke down emotionally.
“You… you really are him… No wonder you look down on the inheritance I left behind…
After all, the things I know were taught by you personally…
Alright, if that’s the case, I’ll exhaust the rest of my soul power to drag you down to hell!
If it weren’t for listening to your master’s words, my two senior sisters and I wouldn’t have died in battle!
For the safety of the entire world, those who disregard the Taixuan Sect do not deserve to be sect leader, nor do they deserve to be my master!”
Jiang Xuan: “?????”
At this moment, Jiang Xuan, who was utterly confused, thought to himself: “What just happened? Why does this situation keep getting weirder?!”
